"Hey what's up man?" Nathan asked coming into the kitchen where he found Lucas eating toast. Glancing up Lucas responded, "You tell me. Seems I heard a rumor that my sister was airing our dirty laundry to the school and you knew about it." Taking a seat across from Lucas, Nathan studied his best friend for the last 12 years. "Yeah, I knew about it, but I didn't think it was my place to say anything."
"Nathan, you've been my best friend since kindergarten. You of all people know what my parents are like, hell you've been witness to just about all of it. I shouldn't be blaming you though; Haley shouldn't have kept it a damn secret from me. If she would've just told me she probably would've saved us some embarrassment come Monday morning," Lucas declared throwing half of his toast in the garbage.
"Luke, don't be so harsh on her. It's true that I've been your best friend but I've also been around Haley long enough too. I'm sure she was just trying to spare you the pain that she obviously was feeling."
Watching Nathan closely, Lucas asked, "What's going on with you? Since when are you in such a rush to defend my sister?" Looking everywhere but at Lucas Nathan answered, "I'm not trying to defend her I'm just saying." For the first time Lucas seemed to notice that Nathan wasn't wearing his shirt, "Where did you sleep last night? I didn't notice you on the couch this morning," Lucas questioned suspiciously.
Growing even more uncomfortable Nathan shifted his eyes to the table cloth, "Oh, um..I sort of stayed in Haley's room. You know she was puking and stuff so I figured I should stay with her to make sure she didn't choke herself," Nathan rushed out before Lucas could interrupt.
Waiting for Lucas to explode Nathan was surprised when he looked up to find his friend smirking. "Well it's about damn time. We were all wondering when you two would realize." Thoroughly confused Nathan asked, "Realize what?" Laughing Lucas responded, "Well you two have only been sniping at each other for the past 12 years, since you took her purple crayon in Kindergarten, we were all just waiting for you two to realize that you were in love with one another."
"WHAT? Love? Who said anything about love? I do not love Haley and she does not love me. There's no way," Nathan declared shaking his head vehemently. Standing up Lucas grabbed his headphones. "I'm going for a jog, Mr. Denial. Tell my sister I'll speak to her about the parent situation later," Luke laughed heading for the backdoor. Turning around in the door frame Lucas added, "Oh and Nate, I'm cool with it," before he proceeded out the door.
Leaning back in his chair Nathan blew out his breath, that he didn't even realize he was holding. Closing his eyes Nathan contemplated what Lucas had just said to him. 'Maybe, it is possible.' Nathan thought to himself. "If that one little peck upstairs is any indication, there is chemistry," he thought out loud.
"Hell I've known that for years, just look at some of the monumental fights we've had," came a voice from behind him. Jumping up Nathan came face to face with Haley. "How much did you just hear?" Laughing at Nathan's embarrassment Haley responded, "I only heard you talking to yourself, you lunatic. Why what else were you saying?" "Nothing important," Nathan said going to the fridge and pulling out a can of Yoo-hoo. "So do you feel a little better?" Nathan asked taking a sip of his drink.
"Well I was until I walked through the house and saw the destruction left behind from the party, "Haley responded with her head in the refrigerator. Coming up with a bowl of watermelon she sat at the counter and started eating. "Well, Luke just went for a run, but I'm sure he'll be back to help pick up plus I can help," Nathan responded as he started picking up cups and throwing them in the trash. Throwing the watermelon back into the fridge Haley glanced over at a still shirtless Nathan, "That's okay, I'm sure we can manage." Chuckling Nathan replied, "Haley you guys have been having these parties since the beginning of high school and it's always the three of us who get stuck cleaning up. It's no big deal I've been doing if for the past 3 years." "Well okay, I'll just turn some music on and then we can start in the living room," she said walking into the living room. "Anything to keep from talking about what I said," Haley muttered. "What did you say?" Nathan yelled from the kitchen. "Nothing," Haley yelled back.